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#FarmersDay: Ghanaians celebrate farmers on social media

There are lots of reactions on social media detailing how Ghanaians are celebrating the Farmers’ Day holiday. The 35th edition of the National Farmers’ Day...

Armed Forces get 51 more vehicles, 33 armoured personnel carriers

President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, December 5, presented a number of vehicles to the Ghana Armed Forces. Presenting the vehicles at a ceremony at Burma Camp,...

Mahama speaks on Farmers’ Day prizes

Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged all governments to move from the period of honouring hardworking farmers with local equipment to equipping them...

Farmers’ Day: Akufo-Addo’s message to farmers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has taken to his social media pages to thank Ghanaians, especially farmers for their contribution towards agricultural development in...

GIADEC to own 30% shares of bauxite mining companies – CEO

Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), Michael Ansah, has said that the corporation will have a 30 per cent...

Okyenhene demanded 98 cows and 98 bottles of schnapp to be pacified

It has emerged that the Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, demanded for 98 cows and 98 bottles of schnapp from embattled Ashanti Regional Secretary...

‘He said he was checking for breast cancer’: Cop allegedly fondles woman

The Kwabenya District Police Command has vowed to investigate alleged sexual harassment of a woman by a police officer on patrol duty in Accra following official...

DCE blames poor roads on recent armed robbery cases [Audio]

District Chief Executive for Bia West in the Western North Region, John Kwao, has said that bad roads in the town delayed police response...

Listen: I still love my husband; pastor’s wife stripped naked by church ushers speaks

Salomey Bensah, wife of Prophet George Bensah, who said she was stripped naked by ushers in church, says she still loves her husband despite...

Pastor whose second marriage was stopped by wife breaks silence [Audio]

Prophet George Bensah, senior pastor of Peniel Word Ministry Church at Kasoa Samanhyia in the Central region, has broken his silence over news that...

Video: 2 men fight on top of Articulator

A video of two young men fighting while standing on top of an articulator truck has gone viral on social media. The two men held...

Photos: Man, 22, drowns in 1D1F dam

A 22-year-old Fulani herdsman identified as Garba Mamadu has reportedly drowned in an uncompleted one village, one dam project site at Sori No1, a...

Your comeback will be greater than your setback – Duncan Williams to Mahama

General Overseer of the Action Chapel International, Nicholas Duncan-Williams has prophesied to Former President John Dramani Mahama and his congregation that their “return will...

Justice Anin Yeboah tipped for Chief Justice post

The fourth longest serving Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Anin Yeboah, has been tipped as the President’s nominee for Chief Justice to succeed...

Ramaphosa on 2-day working visit to Ghana

South Africa President, Cyril Ramaphosa, is in Ghana for a two-day working visit. Mr Ramaphosa who arrived on Wednesday evening was received at the Jubilee...

Video: An ex-president wants to kill Wontumi, Ken Agyapong, Abronye before 2020 elections – Owusu-Bempah

The Founder and Leader of Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu-Bempah, claims an ex-president wants to kill five prominent Ghanaians before the...

It’s not enough to call for calm on Ghanaian-Nigerian traders clash – MP to Akufo-Addo

Minority ranking member on Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee in Parliament, Yusif Sulemana, has told President Nana Akufo-Addo to find lasting solution to the...

Listen: Pastor’s wife stripped naked by church ushers

A pastor’s wife has reportedly been stripped naked by church ushers during an altercation over the weekend. The victim, Salomey Sweetie Bensah, was humiliated after...

CHRAJ awards GH¢40k to four minors brutalised by soldiers

The Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has asked three soldiers who brutalised four minors over a stolen laptop to pay compensation...

Completion date for National Cathedral announced

Construction of interdenominational National Cathedral will take five years to complete, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Rev. Victor Kusi Boateng has said. He noted...

Listen: National Cathedral to generate more revenue than stadia

The interdenominational National Cathedral when completed would rival the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. READ: Y’asem Nie: Drivers reveal consequences of long hours drive According to...

We will still build National Cathedral without govt support – Rev Kusi Boateng

The Board of Trustees for the construction of the interdenominational National Cathedral is determined to build the temple of God with or without government...

ADB management consoles family of murdered police officer

Managing Director of ADB Bank, Dr John Kofi Mensah, has consoled with the Police Administration as well as the family of the police officer...

National Cathedral to be ready in five years – Board of Trustees

General Secretary to the National Cathedral Board of Trustees has revealed the construction of the national monument is expected to be completed within five...

Sextortion on the rise among policewomen – Interpol

An Interpol report sighted by Joy News indicates that there is an increase of reported cases of sextortion involving policewomen. Sextortion is a crime where...

Y’asem Nie: Drivers reveal consequences of long hours drive [Audio]

Members of a group, identified as Online Drivers Union of Ghana, narrating the struggles in their line of duty, have revealed how long hours...

Video: NCCE spent GH¢ 1m on referendum – Chairperson

Josephine Nkrumah, Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has revealed the Commission spent GH¢ 1 million on creating awareness on the...

Work on $70m Ningo-Prampram sea defense project commences

Work is set to commence on a five-kilometre stretch sea defence project to check erosion on the Ningo-Prampram shores. The project which is estimated to cost...

Sextortion on the rise among policewomen – Interpol

An Interpol report sighted by Joy News indicates that there is an increase of reported cases of sextortion involving policewomen. Sextortion is a crime where...

Tackle solid waste management to promote sanitation — Rev. Dr. Amponsah urges

The managing director of AFex Consult, Rev. Dr Richard Amponsah, has called on stakeholders in the sanitation sector to tackle solid waste in order ...

Ghana Armed Forces begins enlistment process

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has commenced its 2019/2020 enlistment exercise for regular career and short service commission officers into the force. A press statement...

Krachi disowns Papavi, Togoland agenda

The Chiefs and people of Krachi, which is within the newly-created Oti Region, have endorsed the decision made by their forefathers voting for Trans...

Allotey Jacobs’ proposal to govt over aborted referendum

Former Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bernard Allotey Jacobs, expressing his excitement over the cancellation of the referendum, has advised...

Man arrested over missing church instruments

Police at Berekum in the Bono region have arrested one Matthew Osika for allegedly stealing musical instruments belonging to the Amankowaa Methodist church in...

Police launch ‘Operation Father Christmas’ in Kumasi

Police in Ashanti Region on Monday launched ‘Operation Father Christmas’ as part of efforts to ensure public safety ahead of the Christmas festivities. The Ashanti...

Christ Embassy launches 2019 community service

The Ghana branch of the Believers’ Loveworld Incorporated also known as Christ Embassy, will mark the birthday of the founder of the church, Pastor...

Policeman shot dead in latest bullion van attack [Photos]

A police officer has been reportedly shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Sefwi Asempanye in the Sefwi Wiawso area of the Western...

1 million waste bin project launched in Accra

Universal Plastic Products and Recycling (UPPR) Ghana Limited in collaboration with Ecobank Ghana Limited and the Environment Service Providers Association has launched a 1...

Prof Gyampo bounces back, wades into referendum brouhaha

Embattled senior political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has shared his thoughts on the debate surrounding the participation or...

Anas’ exposé on alleged corruption involving Accra Metro Guards premieres

Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ latest undercover expose on the alleged corrupt activities of City Guards within Accra’s Central Business District, will aired on Monday. For six months,...